Blowing Leaves Background Stamp - Hello Bluebird Stamps

For too long now the Hello Bluebird Stamps background stamps have been out of stock.  Well friends they are about to be re-stocked in a new release and they'll be re-releasing as clear stamps all of their former designs which means they will be in stock all the time from this point onwards.   All the old favourites are coming back AND the release will also have some brand new background scene stamps so you can put your favourite HB characters into pretty new settings.

Spring has sprung outside and down below in the burrow where the bunnies live in their sweet burrow there is a birthday party underway!

My card today uses the Blowing Leaves background stamp and I've used it as pretty wallpaper in the bunnies sweet burrow using the Cozy Burrow Scene Die and the bunnies are from Meadow Bunnies.  Other elements in the card are from Moose and Friends, Cozy Christmas Eve and Snow Play.

To create this card I first die cut the Cozy Burrow Scene Die and I adhered the frame portion to an A2 panel of cardstock.   All of the other pieces that make up the scene were variously ink blended except for the 'wallpaper' portion which I stamped with the Blowing Leaves BG stamp and then antiqued using Distress Oxides in Antique Linen and Tea Die.  After everything was coloured I methodically pieced together all the components starting from the bottom up, glueing in place within the frame.

I stamped my Meadow Bunnies using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa and coloured my images with Copic markers, highlighting a few points with a white gel pen before die cutting.

I played around finding a nice arrangement for the bunnies and when I was happy I backed each piece with foam tape and applied for some lovely dimension.

To finish the card I decided to add a secondary frame on top of the first for a slightly more finished look.  This is just a frame from my stash.   I used gel pens to add some bright interest to the grass layer above ground and added flowers by hand.  I also stamped the sentiment and applied it.  Below ground I finished up with a few sequin accents for that essential twinkle.

The possibilities with these background stamps are endless and they are well worth adding to your HB collection.

Happy crafting!

Fall Friends - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hi!  Thank you for stopping by the blog today to read about these cards featuring 'Fall Friends' from the big August 15th Hello Bluebird Stamps release!



This first card above features an ink blended and distressed background.   Next I die cut the birch trees from the new Birch Trees stand alone die set.  I ink blended these for dimension and adhered them.    I ink blended a little more cardstock with the same colours and die cut the leaves and arranged them into the scene and also a strip of grass from Grassy Knoll.  I framed out the scene with the outer die cut from the new Gallery Frame #3 Die.  On Bristol Smooth cardstock I stamped out my images using Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  I watercolour painted them using my Kuretake Zigs and then they were die cut.  I applied them into the scene with dimensional foam tape.  The sentiment was stamped and applied and a few rose gold sequins finished out the scene.



My second card features a new background stamp called 'Blowing Leaves' which I casually watercolour painted.  Layered over this I used the inner cut from the Gallery Frame #3 Die that I didn't use in the card above.  This was applied with foam tape to lift it up.  I then did a grassy mound using Grassy Knoll and ink blended and stamped the sentiment and hand dotted in some texture.  Finally, as with the card above, I stamped my images using Archival Ink in Potting Soil and watercolour painted using my Kuretake Zigs and then they were die cut and applied (along with the pumpkins) with dimensional foam tape.



I couldn't resist making a third card.  I love to ink blend backgrounds so that is how this card started.  I ink blended and distressed and the sentiment was stamped.  I used the outer cut from the Gallery Frame #3 Die (love that postage stamp edge) and this was applied with foam tape.  Once again and using the exact same materials as above I created my characters and also applied them with dimensional foam tape.   I found some toning mixed sequins and adhered them with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.

I hope you enjoyed the cards, I had a lot of fun working with the Fall colours for a change!

Until the next time then  .......

Nicky x